Stay away from Benue state, Governor Ortom warns homosexuals

The Governor of Benue State while hosting the Prelate of the Anglican Communion of Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, in Makurdi yesterday, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State asked homosexuals to stay away from the state, warning that his administration would not spare anyone caught practicing it in the state.

“Gay lifestyle is alien to the customs, lifestyles, and the belief of Africans and the church, even though it is being promoted in the Western world. I sincerely pray that a revival would spring from Benue State and produce evangelists that would drive evangelization in Africa and the Western world because the personal knowledge of the Lord Jesus is the solution to the decadence sweeping across many nations today.” Ortom said

Kaduna State Govt. To Build Rehabilitation Home for Beggars, Physically Challenged

The Kaduna State government has promised to build a rehabilitation home for beggars and physically challenged persons in the state.
Beggars and physically challenged persons in Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria, had earlier took to the streets to protest the ban on street begging and hawking by the State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
The ban came shortly after a female suicide bomber sneaked into the venue of a Workers Screening Exercise at Sabon Gari Local Government Area in the State and detonated an Improvised Explosive Device that killed 22 people and injured 32 others.
The beggars described the prohibition as an abuse on their fundamental rights as citizens of the state threatened to drag the state government to court if it fails to reverse the decision.
As part of measures to douse the protest generated by the ban, Governor El-Rufai held a reconciliation meeting with them.

Sunday Oliseh Name New Super Eagles Coach

A former Captain of Nigeria’s national football team, Sunday Oliseh, has been officially unveiled, as the new coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
At the ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, Nigeria’s capital, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, assured the former national team captain that “the federation will give him all the support he needs to succeed”.
In his acceptance speech, Coach Oliseh said players not playing top flight club football would no longer be invited, with exception to those graduating from the age grade teams.
“I am not coming as a messiah. I am not coming to create miracles but I will do my best.
“My assistants are all here on merit. I will not invite foreigner who will come here and act like I am bigger than you.
“We will work with the technical committee, because if we fail, they fail,” he said.
The 40 year-old is taking over from Coach Stephen Keshi and will after the unveiling, begin preparations for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to Tanzania in the first week of September as well as an international friendly yet to be announced by the Federation.

JAMB Announces Cut Off Mark For 2015/16 Admission

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has announced 180 as cut off mark for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian universities in the 2015/16 academic session.
Registrar of the board, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, who made the announcement in Abuja at the end of the 2015 policy meeting of the board, also said that candidates seeking admission into polytechnics and colleges of education are expected to have a minimum score of 150 marks.
Professor Ojerinde, however, advised all universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to conclude the 2015/2016 admission exercise before October 31 with emphasis on 60% to 40% admission ratio in favour of the sciences and 70% to 30% admission ratio in favour of technical courses.
He further advised universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to adhere to the 2015 admission policy guidelines in order not to disenfranchise qualified students seeking tertiary education.